Oiling device



` A. L. McHUc-:d-l-

oI-LING DEVICE Filed Nov. 18. 1938 Julylls, Y1941.

HIS ATTORNEY.

Patented July 15, 1941 2,249,021' i OILING DEVICE Anthony L. McHugh, Easton, Pa., assigner to Ingersoll-Randv Company,

Jersey City, N. J., a

corporation of New Jersey Application November 18, 1938, Serial No. 241,208

2 Claims.

'Ihis invention relates to oiling devices, and more particularly to an oiling device for supplying oil to the bearings of a rotatable shaft.'

One object of the invention is to assure an adequate supply of oil to the bearings.

Another object is to effect a thorough cooling of the oil prior to its delivery to the bearings.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

In the drawing accompanying this specification and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar parts,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a bearing equipped with an oiling device constructed in accordance with the practice of the invention, and

Figure 2 is a transverse view taken through Figure 1 on the line 2 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, designates a casing and 2| a shaft extending longitudinally therethrough.

The casing 20 is provided with transverse walls 22 and 23 to support the shaft 2|. Near the bottom of the casing is a horizontal wall 24 that joins the walls 22 and 23 and separates the interior 4of the casing into a reservoir 25 for oil and a chamber 26 for cooling medium.

The chamber 26 is located in the lower portion of the casing 20 beneath the wall 24 and has a Wall 2l that extends from the wall 23 along the top and bottom 0f the chamber 26 and terminates near the wall 22, thereby leaving an opening 28 through which cooling liquid may flow from one side of the chamber to the other. The 'cooling medium is introduced into one side of also in the wall 23.

The shaft 2| extends through the reservoir 25 and is seated in the inner races of an anti-fric` tion bearing 3| in the wall 22 and a pair -of antifriction thrust bearings 32 in the wall 23. The bearing 3| abuts a. shoulder 33 on the shaft 2| and is clamped against said shoulder by a nut 34 threaded upon the shaft.

In order to assure the adequate lubrication of the bearing 3| the shaft 2| is provided with a cup-shapeddisc 35 that is attached -to the shaft by means of a set-screw 36 and is of such diameter that its lower portion extends into the oil 3'! in the reservoir 25. On the wall 22 is a boss 38 which projects into the transverse plane of the disc 35 and has a bevelled surface 33 to guide the oil cast thereagainst, by the disc, to the bearlng 3|.

On the opposite side of the wall 22 is a coverv which encircles the shaft 2| ber 4| to receive such ollas may pass between the races of the bearing 3|.` -A .passage 42 in the wall 22 serves, as anv outlet for the chamber 4| and opens into the reservoir 25.

The cover 40 may be secured in position in any suitable manner and has van annular groove 4 3 on its outer surface to receive an oil ring 44 serving to restrain such oil as may pass between the shaft 2| vand the cover 40. The oil ring 44 is rotatable with the shaft and is secured thereto and has a chamby a screw. threaded into the oil ring and seating against the surface of the shaft.

The thrust bearings 32 are arranged iny abutting relationship on the tainer 46 disposed in the Wall 23. A sleeve 4l is interposed between the innermost of the bearings 32 and a shoulder 43 on the shaft 2| and vthe sleeve 41 and the bearings are, secured in position by a nut 49 threaded on the shaft. In

the arrangement shown the container 46 has a lateral flange 50 that seats against the end of the casing 2li andis secured thereto by screws 5| which also serve to clamp a cover 52 to the l outer end of the container 46. The cover 52 enthe upper portion circles the shaft and has an annular rib 53 on its inner surface to act as an abutment for the outer race of the adjacent bearing 32.

" The bearings 32 are lubricated substantially in the same manner as the bearing I. The shaft 2| is accordingly provided with a second cup-shaped disc 35 secured to the shaft by a screw 36 at the inner end of the container 66 and extends part 54 in the adjacent surface of that, during the rotation of the shaft, the disc 35 will splash oil directly into the groove 54. In the upper portion of the container, and leading from the groove 54, is a passage 55 to convey oil from the groove 54 to of the adjacent bearing 32 whence such oil mayow into the outermost bearing 32 into a chamber 56 in the vinner surface of' the cover 52.

A passage 51 in the wall conveys such oil as may accumulate in the chamber 56 to the reservoir. Preferably a passage 53 is also formed in the inner end of the container 46 to return oil directly from the lower portions of the spaces between the races of the bearings -32 to the reservoir 25.

In order that the oil may `be delivered to the discs 35 in a thoroughly cooled condition the reservoir 25 is provided on opposite sides of the shaft with longitudinally extending walls 59 that of the container 46 shaft 2| and in a condown along the The walls 59 extend from the wall 22 to the wall 23 and preferably project above the normal level of the oil in the reservoir. In the lower portions of the walls 59 and midway between the discs 35 are ports 60 through which the oil accumulating behmd the walls ss may now to the space between the walls 58.

In practice, when the shaft 2| is set in operation the discs 35 will be whirled through the oil 31,111 the reservoir 25 and the oil adhering to the discs will be cast outwardly against the surface 39 and Athe surface of the groove 54, thence pass through the spaces between the races of the antifriction bearings into the chambers 4i and 55 and return to the reservoir through the passages l2 and 51.

Any oil that may be thrown against the internal surfaces of the casing will ilow downwardly into the spaces behind the walls 59, thence through the ports 50 into the portion of the reservoir lying between the walls 59. During its passage over the wall 24 the oil will be thoroughly cooled since the wall 2| itself is maintained at a. low temperatureby thev cooling medium being circulated through the chamber 26.

I claim:

1. An oiling device, comprising a casing having a wall to divide the casing into a reservoir for oil and a passage for cooling medium, said wall forming the bottom of the reservoir, means for delivering cooling medium to the passage for inner surface of the reservoir.'

bearings, and dams cooling the wall, a shaft extending through the reservoir, bearings at the opposite ends of the reservoir for the shaft, splashers lon the shaft for splashing oil upon the bearings, means in the casing in the transverse planes of the splashers to deflect oil hurled by the splashers to the on the opposite sides of the reservoir extending longitudinally through the reservoir` on the wall from one bearing to another to receive oil thrown by the splashers and having ports intermediate their ends to deliver .such oil to the portionof the dams.

2. An oiling device, comprising a casing having a wall to divide` the casing into a reservoir for oil and a passage for cooling medium, said wall forming the bottom o! the reservoir, means for delivering cooling medium to the passage for cooling the wall, ashait extending through the reservoir, bearings at the opposite ends of the reservoir for the shaft, means in the casing having recesses adjacent the bearings and passages leading from the recesses to the bearings, splashers on the shaft extending into the recesses for splashing oil from the reservoir intol the recesses dams extending longifor oiling the bearings, tudinally along the wall between the bearings to receive oil thrown against the surface of the casing by the splashers and having ports intermediate their ends to deliverA such oil to the portion of the wall lying between the dams.

ANTHONY L. MCHUGH. n

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